Claire Ziamandanis received her B.A. from St. Lawrence University (Spanish), and her M.A. and Ph.D. (Hispanic Linguistics) from University at Albany. Her dissertation focused on the lexical variation in the Spanish-speaking islands of the Caribbean. As part of her language studies, Claire spent 2 1/2 years studying in Madrid, Spain, both at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Currently, her research is focused on foreign language learning in study abroad settings.

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